Glossary for Protozoan Conditions

• Abdominal pain: A condition which is characterized by the sensation of pain that is located in the abdomen
• Abdominal swelling: Swelling or bloating of the abdomen
• Amebic dysentery: Ameba-caused bacterial bowel infection and ulceration.
• Chagas disease: A parasitic infection caused by the protozoa Trypanosoma cruzi and transmitted by insect bites or blood transfusions. The disease primarily involves the heart and gastrointestinal system.
• Diarrhea: Loose or watery stool.
• Giardia: Contagious parasitic digestive infection
• Malaria: A parasitic disease transmitted through mosquito bites.
• Nausea: The queasy feeling of nausea and often also vomiting.
• Rectal bleeding: A condition which is characterized by bleeding from the rectum
• Tenesmus: feeling of incomplete evacuation of bowel
• Toxoplasmosis: Infection often caught from cats and their feces.
• Trichomoniasis: Sexually transmitted parasitic infection.
• Vomiting: Vomiting or retching symptoms.

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